Spartan

Elite Army: As one of the smallest armies in Greece, their military power was second only to the Athenian Navy.

Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me: One of the most noted things about the Spartans are how well their shields stand up against attacks. the Ninja had no weapons that could destroy the shield and the massive Samurai kanabo needed multiple hits to do any damage, even then it would at most just dent the shield.

Shield Bash: The most effective weapon against the Ninja, as the shield is so massive that the Ninja had few options in dodging, blocking or parrying it. The Samurai could also be killed by the shield, though it wasn't as relatively effective since the Samurai's armor was so strong.

Boring, but Practical: The baseball bat may not have been the flashiest weapon (especially compared to the Yakuza's nunchaku), but it was perfectly legal to carry, and pretty effective, too. A smart swing from one of the experts visibly snapped several of a test pig's vertebrae.

Awesome, but Impractical: The Gastraphetes was a huge crossbow that certainly did damage when it hit its mark, but its insanely long reload time (1+ minute per shot) severely limited its effectiveness.

Badass Boast: The warrior king, whose brutal tactics carved out one of the largest empires in history.

Zande

Fragile Speedster: The Azande wore little armor and the Kube shield was one of the most frail shields on the entire show, but because of their lightweight tools and experience as hunters and fighters on the African plains they were fast runners. Even the Jaguar Warrior, who are also known for their speed, are only on par with the Azande.

I'm a Humanitarian: Invoked and subverted. They pretended to be cannibals to terrorize their enemies, but were just faking it.

Enemy Mine: The ships fishing in the waters of Somalia were a common enemy for people who once fought each other in the Somali Civil War, from fishermen who spent their lives in the water to militiamen who knew guns.

Persian Immortal:

Awesome, but Impractical: Played with via the chariot scythes. They look nice, and tore through two pig carcasses, but was deemed to lack true killing power and lost the edge to the Celt's burda club. However, it still got over 100 kills.

Badass Boast: The precision killer in a massive war machine who forged the largest empire the Middle East has ever seen.

Badass Boast: The ruthless Chinese warmonger who revolutionary "Art of War" led to the massacre of millions.

Which laps into Critical Research Failure as anyone who's read the book knows that he states that war is only meant to be have as a last resort and to obtain the least amount of deaths as possible. Of course, Other Chinese commanders who weren't as humane would use his tactics and kill, literally, millions. Quick trivia quiz: What was the bloodiest(in terms of lost lives) war to occur in the first half of the 1860s? It's not what you probably think. (However, China's Tai Ping Rebellion, which started a decade prior to the US Civil War and lasted until 1864, had a death toll almost 20 times that of the American Civil War.)

Badass Boast: The bloodthirsty French emperor whose maniacal dream was to conquer the world.

Bait-and-Switch: His tactic that earned him the victory at the Battle of Austerlitz: fool the Prussians into thinking he and the Grande Armee were surrendering, luring them onto the hill Napoleon and his men were just on; then, obliterate the present forces when a dense fog overcame the area.

Cheese Eating Surrender Monkey: Averted. Even though he lost, it was a difference of 60 battles out of 5000, the second-closest margin of defeat throughout all three seasons.

The Napoleon: The experts mentioned how 5'6" was normal height for a European man of that time period but he comes off looking like this anyway because he's paired with the freakishly tall Washington and his own taller-than-average bodyguards.

William the Conqueror

Badass Boast: The daring and deadly French duke who crushed his English enemies and crowned himself king.

Disproportionate Retribution: Edward the Confessor promised William that he would be the next Duke of Normandy. After Edward's death, when William found out that the new duke became the son of Edward's advisor, William felt that he was betrayed and started a campaign against Harold.

Rock Beats Laser: Averted. William loses to Joan of Arc because his equipment is no match for a teenage girl equipped with weapons and armour literally centuries ahead of him. He puts up a good fight though.

Would Hit a Girl: He is momentarily surprised to find himself fighting a teenage girl, but it doesn't stop him.

Underdogs Never Lose: Most of the x-factors were against him and even most of his weapons and tactics were rated lower than his opponent, yet he still came out on top.

World War I: Tried to enlist in this, but was turned down by President Woodrow Wilson; partly due to his advanced age, and partly for political reasons. At least two of his sons fought in it though, with one getting killed.

Vocal Dissonance: His victory cry is notably less energetic and fierce than every other warrior we've seen. This carries over from real life: he was actually a soft-spoken man with a rather posh speech pattern and an oddly-squeaky voice.

Oh, Crap!: Cited as an actual X-Factor. As powerful as they are, they are still capable of feeling human emotions, like fear. Sure enough, the vampires freeze up, stare, and then retreat upon seeing a comrade get torn to pieces and then eaten.

One-Man Army: A fair fight was considered near 200 zombies vs. 3 vampires because one on one the vampires would win every time thanks to being able to One-Hit Kill zombies thanks to their superior strength. The vampires win.

Pyrrhic Victory: Technically won the fight, but then infection starts to set. Though the experts couldn't decide on rather becoming a Zombie Vampire was this trope or Cursed with Awesome.

Probably the first. The resulting zombie-vampire would still have the vampire's weakness to sunlight but not the brains to avoid it, so would last until it tried to chase something in the dawning day. Final score: double KO. Which is probably for the best from mankind's perspective.

The Spock: He's definitely the most stoic of the trio, and his measure of a weapon basically boils down to "which one would I rather not be hit with, and which one is less taxing were I to use it for myself?"

Richard "Mack" Machowicz

The Kirk: While he doesn't get quite as worked up as Geoff, he's definitely more animated than Armand. On top of that, his main role on the judges panel is to bring a more grounded, hands-on perspective to the weapons that the engineer and medic simply aren't as trained for.

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